Serial hobbyist; doer of all the things. Electronics and computers, old and new. Addicted to fixing and breaking things. Prolific creator of typos.
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Kenwood TH-D74: No DR Mode for D-Star
So I got lucky over the last weekend hamfest, and scored a Kenwood TH-D74 radio. I've spent most of yesterday pouring through online videos, posts, and other bits of info getting overloaded on all things Kenwood. This isn't the only Kenwood radio I have, but I will say I'm very much used to the Yaesu way where the menus seem to make sense to me. That said, this D74 is
https://www.junknet.net/2026/05/05/kenwood-th-d74-no-dr-mode-for-d-star/
#HamRadio
@RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange I built something. Ok it has like maybe 5 parts but its a start! I also used a pot to adjust resistor values to fix the lazy square waves.
Junk of the Week: Ameritec Crescendo CRS-D Call Generator
This is launching my new series that will probably drop off after 2-3 iterations, so we'll see how far I get! Anyways the idea behind "junk of the week" is just to briefly talk about some random item, usually a piece of tech gear, but the item will hopefully be unusual and/or something the average Joe doesn't see
https://www.junknet.net/2026/01/20/junk-of-the-week-ameritec-crescendo-crs-d-call-generator/
#JunkOfTheWeek #Telephony
In light of not getting to go to Magfest Im wearing my Quake II shirt today.
Hey younger nerds…you need to learn from the last-gen nerds!
...just don't call them nerds!
As a gen-x 80s kid, time is getting interesting; we went from the best childhood ever with Atari, NES and other video games, with no phones and cameras spying on us, to the dawn of the internet in the 90s, and now to the AI generation. That said, I've started to notice that some of
https://www.junknet.net/2025/12/31/hey-younger-nerds-you-need-to-learn-from-the-last-gen-nerds/
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